Tornadoes!

[The Figment]

Three Towns on my delivery route were destroyed by tornadoes last nite...3 dead,over 50 injured,Greensburg Kansas has been wiped off the face of the earth. Macksville and Hopewell were hit by this same storm. This thing was over a mile wide when it hit Greensburg.Nasty time of the year for us Kansasans!

Huge twister hammers Kansas town
POSTED: 0952 GMT (1752 HKT), May 5, 2007

(CNN) -- A half-mile wide tornado swept through downtown Greensburg, Kansas, causing heavy damage and injuring dozens of residents, according to officials and witnesses.

"The entire town was pretty much wiped out," said storm chaser Allan Detrich. "There wasn't too many buildings standing."

Kiowa County Memorial Hospital was "partially collapsed" with people still trapped inside early Saturday, according to Kansas Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Sharon Watson. (Watch another tornado touch down in Oklahoma Video)

A search team from Sedgewick, Kansas, that specializes in rescues from collapsed buildings was called in to help, she said.

About 75 percent of Greensburg was either destroyed or heavily damaged, Watson said.

At least 40 people who were injured by the storm in Greensburg were driven 50 miles east to Pratt Regional Medical Center for treatment, according to spokeswoman Kim Stivers.

The less severely injured are lining the hallways and lobby, while the more seriously hurt are being treated in the emergency room, Stivers said. Some patients are being sent on to Wichita hospitals from there, she said.

Detrich, who was able to enter Greensburg soon after the twister passed through, said the small town was flattened.

"People were walking down the street like something out of a horror flick, a zombie movie," Detrich said.

Storm chaser Marty Logan, who took a dramatic photo of a tornado backlit by a burst of lightning south of Greensburg, estimated that it was at least a half-mile wide. Two smaller tornados were following to the right of the larger twister as they swept northward into Greensburg, he said.

The American Red Cross was using school and charter buses to transport hundreds of Greensburg residents about 10 miles east to shelters opened in Haviland, Kansas, at a high school and a college, Watson said.

The Kansas National Guard has dispatched 40 troops to Greensburg to help with security, she said.

Hazardous materials teams have also been sent into Greensburg to look at several overturned rail cars, she said.

The National Weather Service reported a tornado struck Greensburg at about 9:30 p.m. Friday. Greensburg has a population of fewer than 2,000 people.

Also on Friday, The Associated Press reported that three small tornadoes touched down in rural southwestern Illinois and two tornadoes hit in Oklahoma.

I was here just the nite before last....My main refueling stop is in Greensburg!!

[Skink]

Three Towns on my delivery route were destroyed by tornadoes last nite...3 dead,over 50 injured,Greensburg Kansas has been wiped off the face of the earth. Macksville and Hopewell were hit by this same storm. This thing was over a mile wide when it hit Greensburg.Nasty time of the year for us Kansasans!

Huge twister hammers Kansas town
POSTED: 0952 GMT (1752 HKT), May 5, 2007

(CNN) -- A half-mile wide tornado swept through downtown Greensburg, Kansas, causing heavy damage and injuring dozens of residents, according to officials and witnesses.

"The entire town was pretty much wiped out," said storm chaser Allan Detrich. "There wasn't too many buildings standing."

Kiowa County Memorial Hospital was "partially collapsed" with people still trapped inside early Saturday, according to Kansas Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Sharon Watson. (Watch another tornado touch down in Oklahoma Video)

A search team from Sedgewick, Kansas, that specializes in rescues from collapsed buildings was called in to help, she said.

About 75 percent of Greensburg was either destroyed or heavily damaged, Watson said.

At least 40 people who were injured by the storm in Greensburg were driven 50 miles east to Pratt Regional Medical Center for treatment, according to spokeswoman Kim Stivers.

The less severely injured are lining the hallways and lobby, while the more seriously hurt are being treated in the emergency room, Stivers said. Some patients are being sent on to Wichita hospitals from there, she said.

Detrich, who was able to enter Greensburg soon after the twister passed through, said the small town was flattened.

"People were walking down the street like something out of a horror flick, a zombie movie," Detrich said.

Storm chaser Marty Logan, who took a dramatic photo of a tornado backlit by a burst of lightning south of Greensburg, estimated that it was at least a half-mile wide. Two smaller tornados were following to the right of the larger twister as they swept northward into Greensburg, he said.

The American Red Cross was using school and charter buses to transport hundreds of Greensburg residents about 10 miles east to shelters opened in Haviland, Kansas, at a high school and a college, Watson said.

The Kansas National Guard has dispatched 40 troops to Greensburg to help with security, she said.

Hazardous materials teams have also been sent into Greensburg to look at several overturned rail cars, she said.

The National Weather Service reported a tornado struck Greensburg at about 9:30 p.m. Friday. Greensburg has a population of fewer than 2,000 people.

Also on Friday, The Associated Press reported that three small tornadoes touched down in rural southwestern Illinois and two tornadoes hit in Oklahoma.

I was here just the nite before last....My main refueling stop is in Greensburg!!

seen this shit happening on the weather channel yesterday,,,makes me realize how lucky I am...

[orangeman]

I just knew that Tornadoes would be next for destroying the hell out of something. I want to move out of America, I hate tornadoes. Second biggest fear.

[Skink]

I just knew that Tornadoes would be next for destroying the hell out of something. I want to move out of America, I hate tornadoes. Second biggest fear.

It would be one of mine too,,,I hate nasty thunder storms...

[geonagual]

I just knew that Tornadoes would be next for destroying the hell out of something. I want to move out of America, I hate tornadoes. Second biggest fear.


There is always something going on somewhere..

a tsunami would not be much fun either.

[slipknotpsycho]

It would be one of mine too,,,I hate nasty thunder storms...

man, you shoulda been here the other day.... we had the worst thunder i think i've ever heard in my life, that shit had to of been right above us... it sounded like bombs (gun doesn't quite capture the loudness) were going off right above my house...

[josh g]

That really sucks. But a town being wiped off the face of the earth and only 3 dead?
Couldv been worse.. but thats harsh none the less.

[LIP]

Come to England, the worst your gunner get is a gust of wind bearly capable of knocking a person down. Although we had a little hurricane in North London not long ago, december i think.

[The Figment]

In the area I live in ('bout 80 miles east of Greensburg) the folk here are a bit spooked with all this,rightfully so. ElDorado/Wichita is overdue for bad weather...As far as as Greensburg is concerened the people of Ks are going out of their way to help...We at Sigma Dist.(The place I Work) have a Huge pile of Clothes,Water,Canned Food,Cash that is giong to get taken to Greensburg as soon as they open US 54/400. As soon as they open the Highway I will post some pics..I have my camera in my truck already!

[Bob the Awesome]

Oh hell no. There was a Halloween concert including Tub Ring and Mindless Self Indulgence up in Toledo on October 28th, 2006 (I live in Cincinnati). I drove up there with my best friend (It was her first time smoking that day too, really awesome time).

On the way up, a fucking tornado starts forming RIGHT OVER TOP OF ME. The clouds started swirling and coming down around me and it was hailing like crazy. I was scared as shit and pulled into an inn off the next exit, as soon as I parked it went away and got sunny :wtf:

[slipknotpsycho]

i'm actually starting to FEAR living in the US... ever couple of months (atleast since katrina) is some HUGE devastating storm (i've been watching the news for over 5 years now, isn't just i started noticing past katrina... it wasn't like this before..)

hurricane season is coming again... katrina barely missed us, rita LITERALLY turned from us at THE LAST SECOND (unfortunately it turned to an already devestated area)

i have a sneaking suspicion in 20 or so years, the coast line everyone now knows as the gulf, will be ravenged and flooded.. changing the entire gulf coastline of the us (and mexico) as we know it...

lip, can me the wife and the baby board with you? we'll be coming in diffrent transportation tho, cuz i'm scared as shit of planes, and the wife shares an equal ammount of fear of boats...

[LIP]

Yeah - my place is big enough for everyone man. How ya going to get over? Hover craft lol? Or erm, ahh crap, i cant think of any other ways lol.

But yeah bro, my gaffs always open.

[Silent Wolf]

lip, can me the wife and the baby board with you? we'll be coming in diffrent transportation tho, cuz i'm scared as shit of planes, and the wife shares an equal ammount of fear of boats...It ain't any safer in London pal!

Six injured as tornado hits London - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/07/uk.tornado/index.html)

[LIP]

It ain't any safer in London pal!

Six injured as tornado hits London - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/07/uk.tornado/index.html)

Yeah, but no one was killed and how often does it happen? As far as Tornados, hirrcanes, and earthquakes go we're pretty damn safe.

[rebgirl420]

I love thunderstroms but tornadoes are awful...btw, random thought, I live in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and those happened at Greensburg, kansas

[Silent Wolf]

Yeah, but no one was killed and how often does it happen? As far as Tornados, hirrcanes, and earthquakes go we're pretty damn safe. Britan does actually have more tornadoes per square mile than any other country. Obviously their not as powerful as the ones you'll find in Oklahoma or Kansas.

UK has 'highest tornado rate' in the world | the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=421156&in_page_id=1770)

[LIP]

Britan does actually have more tornadoes per square mile than any other country. Obviously their not as powerful as the ones you'll find in Oklahoma or Kansas.

UK has 'highest tornado rate' in the world | the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=421156&in_page_id=1770)

Yeah, but there so weak almost all of them dont get reported on, no damage, and no one gets hurt.

[blazed620]

yeah i live in missouri....TORnADo ALLEY....it sux..tornadoes scare me!

[Nissan_420sx]

I live in Florida and I'm seriously worried about this upcoming hurricane season..I live literally 15 min drive from the Gulf...Although if shit gets bad and I'm staying..I'm deff. barrowing my moms 4x4 and driving down to the beach to surf..lol..only decent surf in the gulf is when hurricanes come in

[slipknotpsycho]

I live in Florida and I'm seriously worried about this upcoming hurricane season..I live literally 15 min drive from the Gulf...Although if shit gets bad and I'm staying..I'm deff. barrowing my moms 4x4 and driving down to the beach to surf..lol..only decent surf in the gulf is when hurricanes come in

i'm nearly in th same boat but i live in texas... and the drive is more like 30-45 mins (but we got PLENTY of places to flood... shit we get severe (hurricane level) flooding, even where there's not a hurricane...)


matter of fact, a few years back, my uncle was on his way home durring a major ass flood we had (it was made popular by the hospital that flooded, there was even a movie about it) and was sitting on the overpass, looking down at 18 WHEELERS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN WATER.... no shit either...

[Skink]

I love thunderstroms but tornadoes are awful...btw, random thought, I live in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and those happened at Greensburg, kansas

I was looking a real estate in Greensburg today,,,you scared??? Ahhahahahahaha,,,most of that place is scary close to a flood zone,,,but I did see a couple affordable houses tho,,,and the taxes are cheap too...

[The Figment]

I was looking a real estate in Greensburg today,,,you scared??? Ahhahahahahaha,,,most of that place is scary close to a flood zone,,,but I did see a couple affordable houses tho,,,and the taxes are cheap too...

I think there are a few thousand folk who may not find this a funny statement!! A pic of greensburg....this Tornado was rated as an EF-5,winds of over 200 Mph and was 1.2 miles wide

[Skink]

I was talking about Pennsylvania!!!

[Skink]

another thing,,,my heart goes out to all people in distress... It was just coincidental that I was looking through the MLS listings for Greensburg Pa...

[Pipe Dreams]

Well when you build your house in TORNADO ALLEY (Insert headsmack here) SHIT LIKE THAT TENDS TO HAPPEN!

I cant say I feel sorry for the people. They KNOW that area is vulnerable to tornadoes, and yet they still build there.

[The Figment]

Skink...Oh,My Bad! my apoliges!! I wasnt that clear that u were talking about Pa.

Pipe Dreams...As far as building in "Tornado Alley goes....Tornado Alley Happens to include .Dallas/Ft Worth, Oklahoma City,Wichita,Topeka,Kansas City,Omaha And is generally conciderd the area from North Texas including Most of Texas,Oklahoma,Kansas,Nebraska,North and South Dakota Parts of Colorado Missiori Arkansas....Ummm just where would one put ALL these Millions of people??

The only place I have ever lived that goes without Tornadoes,Earthquakes or Hurricanes is Toostoned Aridzona (Tucson Arizoina)

[rebgirl420]

I was looking a real estate in Greensburg today,,,you scared??? Ahhahahahahaha,,,most of that place is scary close to a flood zone,,,but I did see a couple affordable houses tho,,,and the taxes are cheap too...

hahah thats kick ass Skink, as long as ive lived here (forever) ive never seen a flood. Maybe up north if you live ON a river but you'd never get flooded in Greensburg, PA. But i'd like it if you were my neighbor haha that would kick ass! xoxox

[Pipe Dreams]

Skink...Oh,My Bad! my apoliges!! I wasnt that clear that u were talking about Pa.

Pipe Dreams...As far as building in "Tornado Alley goes....Tornado Alley Happens to include .Dallas/Ft Worth, Oklahoma City,Wichita,Topeka,Kansas City,Omaha And is generally conciderd the area from North Texas including Most of Texas,Oklahoma,Kansas,Nebraska,North and South Dakota Parts of Colorado Missiori Arkansas....Ummm just where would one put ALL these Millions of people??

The only place I have ever lived that goes without Tornadoes,Earthquakes or Hurricanes is Toostoned Aridzona (Tucson Arizoina)

I dont reccomend we put them anywhere. They built there to begin with, so they must be okay with gettin their shit fucked like that all the time.

[friendowl]

must be awful to have your home destroyed

hey fig whats up with them pictures
i bet you seen some crazy stuff

[The Figment]

I drive a fair sized truck,delivering Windsheilds and Exaust Systems all over Southwestern Kansas. I drove thru Macksville Ks yesterday (One of the towns hit by the Greensburg tornado) big trees thrown around like matchsticks,grain silos in the highway, bad flooding in town,three feet of water covering the highway,flattend buildings...Needless to say the place looked like a war zone!
They still havent opened US Highway 54/400 thru Greensburg,When they do I'll post some pics! (I have my camera in my truck)

I've seen hail the size of baseballs,Downpours that would put out the fires of Hell,Funnel Clouds, Flash Floods, Lightning that was amazing!!

These are to be Feared!!!